After three satirical teasers over the last month, Disney finally unleashes a real trailer of sorts from this Thanksgiving's The Muppets. The most effective portion is actually the opening bit, where Jason Segel basically acknowledges that the Muppets have not been a true pop culture force since Jim Henson died in 1990. Yes, I enjoyed Muppets Tonight, and two of my favorite Muppet movies (Muppet Treasure Island and A Very Muppet Christmas) all dropped in the last fifteen years, but they've been mainly feeding on nostalgia since the early 1990s. Anyway, the trailer itself is amusing, and it still avoids revealing any real plot. Statler and Waldorf do make an appearance, so that's encouraging, and this new trailer is explicitly Muppet-centric. In fact, the text at 0:41 - "This is their movie!" - seems to be a reassurance to those worried that Jason Segel and Amy Adams will dominate the proceedings. So far, so good.
Scott Mendelson
Scott Mendelson
1 comment:
The end of the trailer has a very Direct-to-DVD feel. Especially the voice they used. The voice that also isn't present til the last 15 seconds.
-Brandon
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